Photo: John Chudley · CC BY-SA 2.0More holiday homes than 94% of Irish towns: 4%
Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 24%. On residents aged 65 and over, Dunmore sits higher than 93% of Irish towns: 22%. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 664, in 271 households. Residents with no religion account for 8.1%.
+6% since 2016: slower than 57% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Galway’s towns, +7%.
9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 5–9: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Half of Dunmore’s residents are over 40.8, older than in 83% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Dunmore ranks below 89% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 8.4%
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
In Dunmore, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 37% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 16%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Dunmore
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Dunmore, 2.5. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across Ireland’s towns: 4.7%. Locally, 36% of households are parents with children.
A smaller share of households in flats than 63% of Irish towns: 10%
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
No internet at all: 11% (typical: 7.6%). On households without a car or van, Dunmore sits lower than 60% of Irish towns: 15%. The share of households in flats across Ireland’s towns is 12%. Broadband: 86% of households.
€45,420 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €45,420 a year before tax: 24% under the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Galway, the figure is €59,640.
Fewer residents born abroad than 62% of Irish towns: 19%
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
Most residents from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (8%) or in the UK (7%). Measured more widely, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 14% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 55% of Irish towns.
Able to speak Irish: 45% in Dunmore
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
The highest share in Co. Galway belongs to Knocknacarra (4.5%). For Dunmore, the census puts daily speakers of Irish outside education at 1.3%.
81% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 92% of Irish towns
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 82% of Dunmore · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (10%), Other, including mixed (3.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.2%). 82% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a higher share than in 64% of Irish towns. Residents who said they are Catholic make up 71% across Ireland’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 7.4% in Dunmore, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
Where just over a third of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, Dunmore has 36%. On average, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
In Dunmore, 34% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 55% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for nearly one in ten adults; primary level or less for 9.6% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Dunmore has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunmore | 664 | — | 40.8 | 22% | 36% |
| Tuam | 9,647 | 13.4 km | 38.1 | 13% | 41% |
| Ballyhaunis | 2,773 | 16.1 km | 34.5 | 12% | 45% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Galway’s towns of 2,500 or more and over the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Dunmore’s residents
What is the population of Dunmore?
Dunmore had 664 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dunmore?
The median age is 40.8. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Dunmore?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (281 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Dunmore?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Dunmore?
81% are Catholic, 8.1% have no religion and 11% another religion; 3.6% didn’t say.
Is Dunmore good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Dunmore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dunmore?
Median gross household income in Dunmore was €45,420 in 2022, against €59,640 across Co. Galway and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).